Settle and Conquer: Militarism on the American Frontier, 1607-1890 (Paperback)

from Archivist13

I was offered this book through LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review. A broad-based approach to explaining the dynamics of the European explorers, colonists, military and, the native population of America. The book covers a lot of ground, beginning in Jamestown, Va., and ending around Wo...

from Matthew1982

Trying to cover almost 300 years of history in a 200-page book is impossible to do in depth. "Settle and Conquer" does not try to address any single nation or region in tremendous depth. Instead, the author uses the history of European colonists' and later white Americans' interactions with Nativ...

from SoschaF

This is a history of the takeover of North America by Europeans. It is framed as a military action by the United States (and its predecessors) against Native American tribes acting as "insurgents." It's accurate and straightforward, but I'm not sure I see the point of this new history. By favorin...